The pattern is familiar: you're stretched, someone quits or you finally admit you need help, and you hire the first reasonable person who applies. Six months later you're managing them out — and hiring again.
That's not one hiring mistake. It's two hires' worth of time, training and disruption for one role filled properly.
A slower, more deliberate hire — clear on what the role actually needs, tested properly, checked for real — costs you a few extra weeks now. It saves you the whole cycle later.
If you're hiring under pressure right now, that pressure is exactly when the shortcut is most tempting and most expensive.
Free first step: the the hiring scorecard template.
With respect,
Annie